MIT2020 - Taha Challenge is Complete!

In the midst of COVID Lockdown, Easter and ANZAC Day, the Taha Challenge is ran its course and is now complete! For the month of April 2020, a team of seven students collaborated from their bubbles to create video and blog content for 15 taha challenges. Each challenge was based on the four elements of the the Māori health model, Te Whare Tapa Wha:  Taha Tinana (Healthy Body) - 5 challenges;  Taha Wairua (Healthy Spirit), - 4 challenges; Taha Whanau (Healthy Family, Relationships) - 3 challenges and Taha Hinengaro (Healthy mindset) - 3 challenges. 

Using GOOGLE Forms to track the blogging and commenting, here are a few interesting stats:

• 17 unique Taha Challengers (that included 14 Students; 3 teachers)
• 51 Blog Posts in total
• 23 Blog Comments in total
• One student completed 13 challenges - check out her blog posts here:  Taha Whanau, Taha Hinengaro, Taha Tinana and Taha Wairua

The majority (44) who used GOOGLE Forms to add their Taha Challenge posts enjoyed themselves!

REFLECTIONS: It was exciting to see that all bar one of the 14 students who took part, completed at least two challenges. As already mentioned, one student completed 13 challenges but seven others completed between 3 - 5 challenges each! 

I was hoping to have more students involved but it is quite possible that the uptake may have been higher as blog links and/or blog comments about challenges may not have been updated in the Google Forms I set up. Tracking 160+ year 7 & 8 student blogs would have given more accurate data but not sustainable over the one month that the Taha Challenge ran.

Now that the Taha Challenge is officially over, I do wonder what, if any, kind of  'connection' was created/maintained between the students who took part and whether this site was the best way to create a connection in the first place! Plenty of food for thought as I think about what my next steps might be.